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Endowed Chairs


List of endowed chairs by division
Division Chair name Chair holder
Campuswide Presidential Chair Magy Seif El-Nasr, Professor, Computational Media
Campuswide Narinder Kapany Director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Development Manel Camps, Director, Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development
Arts Kamil and Talat Hasan Endowed Chair in Classical Indian Music Dard Neuman, Associate Professor, Music
Arts Kenneth R. Corday Family Presidential Chair in Writing for Television and Film Yiman Wang, Professor, Film and Digital Media
Arts Patricia and Rowland Rebele Endowed Chair in Art History Jennifer Gonzalez, Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture
Colleges Robert Headley Presidential Chair for Integral Ecology and Environmental Justice Anne Kapuscinski, Professor, Environmental Studies
Engineering Narinder Singh Kapany Chair in Optoelectronics Holger Schmidt, Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Computer Engineering I Lise Getoor, Distinguished Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Engineering Jack Baskin Chair in Engineering Katherine Isbister, Professor, Computational Media
Engineering Jack Baskin Endowed Chair in Computer Engineering II Shiva Abbaszadeh, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Jack Baskin Chair in Biomolecular Engineering Rebecca DuBois, Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
Engineering Sage Weil Presidential Chair for Open Source Software James Davis, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Engineering Kumar Malavalli Endowed Chair in Storage Systems Research Heiner Litz, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department
Humanities Sarbjit Singh Aurora Endowed Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies Guriqbal Sahota, Associate Professor, Literature
Humanities Jordan-Stern Presidential Chair for Dickens and 19th Century Literature Studies Renee Fox, Co-Director, Dickens Project
Humanities Peggy and Jack Baskin Foundation Presidential Chair for Feminist Studies Anjali Arondekar, Professor, Feminist Studies
Humanities Murray Baumgarten Chair in Jewish Studies Nathaniel Deutsch, Director, Center for Jewish Studies
Humanities Neufeld-Levin Holocaust Endowed Chair Alma Heckman, Associate Professor, History
Library Richard L. Press University Librarian Presidential Chair Elizabeth Cowell, University Librarian
Sciences Colligan Presidential Chair in Pediatric Genomics Olena Morozova Vaske, Associate Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Sciences Ida Benson Lynn Endowed Chair in Ocean Health Donald Croll, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sciences Henry Bachmann Endowed Chair in Astronomical Instrumentation Bruce A. Macintosh, Director of UC Observatories
Sciences Jean Langenheim Endowed Chair in Plant Ecology & Evolution Jarmila Pitterman, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department
Sciences Faggin Family Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information Anthony Aguirre, Professor, Physics
Sciences Wilton W. Webster Jr. Natural Reserves Presidential Chair   Gage Dayton, Administrative Director, Natural Reserves
Sciences Presidential Chair in Science Communication Erika Check Hayden, Director, Science Communication Program
Sciences Robert L. Sinsheimer Endowed Chair  Susan Carpenter, Professor, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Sciences Vera Rubin Presidential Chair for Diversity in Astronomy Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Social Sciences Foundation Chair in Psychology Barbara Rogoff, Distinguished Professor, Psychology
Social Sciences Ruth and Alfred Heller Endowed Chair in Agroecology Stacy Philpott, Professor, Environmental Studies
Social Sciences Pepper-Giberson Endowed Chair in Environmental Studies Madeleine Fairbairn, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies
Social Sciences Olga T. Griswold Endowed Chair in Environmental Studies Ravi Rajan, Professor, Environmental Studies
Social Sciences Stephen R. Gliessman Presidential Chair in Water Resources and Food System Sustainability J. Elliott Campbell, Professor, Environmental Studies
Social Sciences Dorothy E. Everett Endowed Chair for Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship Chris Benner, Director, Everett Program